Giving students specific jobs during group activities can increase participation, cognitive engagement and efficiency of time use. Rayburn teacher, Heather Lynch, assigns student roles during lab activities. Her specific roles …
Continue reading "Student Roles in the Science Lab"Great things are happening at Jones Elementary! Teachers are doing a fabulous job of implementing the 7-Steps in their classroom! The following pictures shows teachers and students using the third …
Continue reading "Randomizing and Rotating in Action at Jones Elementary"Bryan ISD Elementary Libraries are excited to participate in the 2016 Texas Bluebonnet Award program. Each year, the state-wide TBA (Texas Bluebonnet Award) committee reviews and chooses 20 new books …
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Fifth grade teachers, Alicia Mohundro at Bonham Elementary and Amanda Williams at Johnson Elementary partnered to expand a reading activity beyond their classroom using Google Hangouts. Students read a play and then …
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The 3rd 6 weeks Character Trait is CARING . Caring is defined as displaying kindness and concern for others. As the hustle and bustle of the season takes over it …
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Secondary ELA teachers had the opportunity to attend a writing-focused professional development on October 10 with Dr. Jennifer Holling. Participants discussed the importance of students’ understanding of sentence structure through …
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Article published by Deborah Parker, Instructional Technology Specialist Stephen F Austin’s Dusty Whitfield is making formative assessment fun for her math students by using Quizizz and Google Classroom. Quizziz is …
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Ensuring strong student engagement is always on a teacher’s mind as he/she is planning a lesson. One way to bring in active cognitive engagement is to plan for student discussions …
Continue reading "“Four Corners” Instructional Strategy"On October 10, Henderson staff actively participated in discussions and “share-outs” explaining the importance of focused and targeted instruction. The ELL Instructional Coaches helped teachers delve into the ELPS Instructional Tool to …
Continue reading "Henderson Staff Focused on Aligning Content and Language"Article published by Deborah Parker, Instructional Technology Specialist Plickers is a quick and easy formative assessment tool. If you are already using Plickers in your classroom you will love the new features. …
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